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Birthday May 30, 1672 Peter I (the Great), tsar of Russia (1682-1725) |
Birthday May 30, 1757 Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04) |
Birthday May 30, 1835 Alfred Austin, poet laureate of England |
Birthday May 30, 1846 Peter Carl Faberge, Russian goldsmith, jeweler |
Birthday May 30, 1888 James A. Farley, U.S. postmaster general (1932-38) |
Birthday May 30, 1902 Stepin Fetchit, Actor (In Old Kentucky, Miracle in Harlem) |
Birthday May 30, 1904 Ernesto de la Guardia Jr., president of Panama (1956-60) |
Birthday May 30, 1908 Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig |
Birthday May 30, 1909 Benny Goodman, swinger, clarinetist, "the King of Swing." |
Birthday May 30, 1926 Christine Jorgensen, Pioneer transsexual |
Birthday May 30, 1927 Clint Walker, Actor |
Birthday May 30, 1936 Keir Dullea, Actor (2001, 2010) |
Birthday May 30, 1939 Michael J. Pollard, Actor |
Birthday May 30, 1943 Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears) |
History May 30, 1431 Joan of Arc burned at stake in Rouen France at 19 |
History May 30, 1527 U of Marburg (Germany) founded |
History May 30, 1593 Christopher Marlowe killed in tavern brawl |
History May 30, 1778 French philosopher Voltaire died |
History May 30, 1806 Andrew Jackson wins duel |
History May 30, 1806 Patriot and future President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson |
History May 30, 1806 Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in duel |
History May 30, 1814 1st Treaty of Paris - after Napoleon's 1st abdication |
History May 30, 1854 Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created |
History May 30, 1862 Confederates evacuate Corinth, Mississippi |
History May 30, 1868 Civil War dead honored on Decoration Day |
History May 30, 1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game |
History May 30, 1899 Pearl Hart holds up an Arizona stagecoach |
History May 30, 1911 First Indianapolis 500 held |
History May 30, 1911 Indianapolis 500 car race run for 1st time |
History May 30, 1911 First Indianapolis 500 is run |
History May 30, 1913 The First Balkan War ends |
History May 30, 1920 Joan d'Arc Day |
History May 30, 1922 Former President Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial |
History May 30, 1927 Waters of Kentucky River peak |
History May 30, 1932 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins |
History May 30, 1933 Patent on invisible glass installation |
History May 30, 1937 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory |
History May 30, 1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83 -533 at Yankee Stadium |
History May 30, 1942 Brits bombard Cologne in Operation Millennium |
History May 30, 1953 1st major league network baseball game - Cleveland 7 - Chicago 2 |
History May 30, 1961 Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs |
History May 30, 1963 Lesley Gore sings It's My Party on American Bandstand |
History May 30, 1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon |
History May 30, 1966 U.S. aircraft carry out new raids |
History May 30, 1967 Republic of Biafra proclaimed |
History May 30, 1969 Thieu vows never to agree to a coalition government |
History May 30, 1971 Mariner 9 departs for Mars |
History May 30, 1971 US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched |
History May 30, 1972 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24 - wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lydda airport |
History May 30, 1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game - Yanks beat Mets 9-4 |
History May 30, 1980 Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million |
History May 30, 1982 Spain became 16th member of North Atlantic Treaty Org |
History May 30, 1990 Gorbachev arrives in Washington for summit |
History May 30, 1997 Jonathan Levin is tortured and killed by his former student |
History May 30, 2008 Sex and the City movie released |